Is Disneyland losing visitors?

According to InsideTheMagic.com, “Disney's attendance has dropped substantially,” with some attendees reporting impacts at Disneyland and other parks, with Disney World appearing more like a “ghost town” than a thriving tourist destination.



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Disney World's crowds are getting smaller, signaling that the high entry costs to the theme park as well as competition from other destinations may be taking a toll on attendance, Wall Street Journal reporter Jacob Passy told CBS News.

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According to InsideTheMagic.com, “Disney's attendance has dropped substantially,” with some attendees reporting impacts at Disneyland and other parks, with Disney World appearing more like a “ghost town” than a thriving tourist destination.

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The Walt Disney Company Reports Third Quarter and Nine Months Earnings for Fiscal 2023. BURBANK, Calif. —The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) today reported earnings for its third quarter and nine months ended July 1, 2023. Revenues for the quarter and nine months grew 4% and 8%, respectively.

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Back in 2023, Disney announced during Star Wars Celebration that there would be more stories and characters and all new adventures coming to Star Tours in 2024. And now we know at least one of those new stories and characters will be Ahsoka, as seen in the new Disney+ series bearing the same name.

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Starting on January 9, 2024, you can visit any theme park without a reservation as long as you have a date-based ticket. A date-based ticket is the standard ticket option and means you've purchased park passes for a specific time frame (whether it's tickets alone or part of a vacation package).

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Lowest Attendance:
  • January (except New Year's Day) until just prior to Presidents' Week in February.
  • The week following Labor Day until the week prior to Thanksgiving.
  • The week following Thanksgiving until mid-December.


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At holiday times, it's best to book as soon as you can. Both resorts offer multiple choices for character dining. Service is returning to normal with characters being able to visit with you and hug you! Disney World is generally more crowded than Disneyland, although Disneyland can get crowded, too, at times.

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Experts say between 70 and 90 percent of Americans have visited a Disney Park. What did those people learn about America?

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Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) has attracted attention in recent months, and not for positive reasons. Declining foot traffic at its theme parks, fewer Disney+ subscribers, numerous money-losing films, and uncertainty about the direction of many of its franchises are just a few of its problems.

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Disney World Is Quickly Compensating for Low Attendance According to a recent article in The Motley Fool, while the Magic Kingdom and the other theme parks have been losing attendance, it has actually increased costs of Guests across the board and unrolled so many paid-for features to more than make up for it.

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Disney+ has been losing customers to price increases expects to fall tens of millions of subscribers short of its last publicly stated 2024 target for the Disney+ streaming service, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Disney has extended the park reservation system into 2024, though starting Jan. 9, 2024, theme park reservations will no longer be required for date-based tickets. Also beginning Jan.

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The copyright on the 1928 movie “Steamboat Willie” – the short film that introduced the world to Mickey Mouse – will expire in 2024. That means the Steamboat-Willie-version of Mickey Mouse will enter the public domain.

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Starting January 20, 2024, the early entry benefit will be updated, and Guests with valid park admission and reservations who are checked in and staying at one of the Disneyland Resort hotels may take advantage of this 30-minute early entry into a designated theme park for every day of their hotel stay.

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Basic Scoop. During the entire 2023 year, Disney Parks will be celebrating the Walt Disney Company turning 100 years old. This is a global celebration, encompassing all 6 Disney Parks, with the kick off happening at the Disneyland Resort on January 27, 2023.

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What month at Disney World is the BEST?
  • January, February, August, and September (excluding holiday weeks) are historically the least crowded. ...
  • January and February have the best weather. ...
  • Late August and September are best for fall decor and Halloween activities.


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Yes, Disney is limiting its theme parks' daily attendance with a mandatory advance reservation system, something that no other major theme parks in the United States continue to do. But that alone does not explain the especially poor recovery at Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, and Animal Kingdom.

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